The document contains summaries of several Spanish musical instruments: The dolçaina is a double reed woodwind instrument from Valencia, Spain similar to an oboe. It has a conical shape and penetrating sound. It is often accompanied by the tabalet drum. The tabalet is a single-headed cylindrical drum used to accompany the dolçaina and other pipes. It has a leather head and gut snares. The guitar is a stringed instrument popular in many genres of music. Spanish guitars traditionally have nylon strings and have been influential in the development of modern guitar design.

1. WRITING E-MAILS
6TH GRADE
SPANISH INSTRUMENTS
DESCRIPTIONS

2. THE “DOLÇAINA” INSTRUMENT

3. Hello Erasmus +!
DO YOU KNOW THE DOLÇAINA?
The dulzaina or dolçaina is a spanish double reed
instrument in the oboe family . It has a conical shape .
In the Valencian Community it is known as a dolçaina or
xirimita and it is accompanied by a drum called
“tabalet”.
The Catalan variety of the dulzaina is called a “gralla” ,
and the Basque variety is called a “bolin –gozo” .
The istrument was first introduced in Spain through
Arabic people.
The most tipycally used dolçaina in Valencia in the
dolçaina (dolçaina en sol).
It has a penetrating and very powerful sound. Until
some years ago, events involving dolçaina were
restricted to the streets and squares.
Because of its double reed and conical shaped tube ,
the dolçaina has a characteristic sound of an oboe or a
xeremia.

4. THE “TABALET” DRUM

5. Hello Brasov and Belpasso, do you know the
“Tabalet” drum?
A tabor has a cylindrical wood shell, two skin heads
tightened by rope tension, a leather strap, and an
adjustable gut snare. Each tabor has a pitch range of
about an octave: the larger the tabor, the lower the
pitch. It is played by just one stick, which usually strikes
the snare head. The tabor is suspended by a strap from
the forearm, somewhere between the elbow and wrist.
When played, the shell is virtually parallel with the
ground.
The tabor is most widely known as accompaniment
for the pipe and other small flutes, and most famously
as the percussive element in the "pipe and tabor”one-
man band configuration. The tabor is beaten on the
snare side.
In Spain, a deep drum is used for a tabor by pipe
and taborers, and in England a shallow tom tom is
sometimes used, although medieval icons of pipe and
tabor usually display a large shallow tabor similar in
shape to a bodhrán.

6. The tabalet is a musical instrument of
percussion of a cylindric shape, with 2 heads-
normally , made of leather-, to produce a
particular sound.
There are many different sizes, even though
it has normally a medium size.
The tabalet instrument is like a drum, but
with a tighter and larger box .
The cilindric shape con be made by a soften
trunk, or empty can or a wooden sheet. The
leather can came from a goat.They are stretched
by ropes or other modern system.

7. THE SPANISH GUITAR

8. HELLO ERASMUS!
The guitar is a string instrument which is played by
plucking the strings.The main parts of a guitar are the
body, the fretboard, the headstock and the strings.
Guitars are usually made from wood or plastic. Their
strings are made of nylon.
The guitar strings are plucked with the fingers and
fingernails of the right hand.
It has been used for many years guitars and other
plucked string instrument have been very popular.
Guitars are used for many types of music, from
Classical to Rock.
There are many different types of guitar, classified
on how they are made and the type of music they are
used for.
Most guitars have six strings, but there are also
guitars with four, seven, eight, ten, or twelve strings.
The design of the modern guitar began with the
Roman cithara. The cithara was brought by the Romans
to Hispania (Spain).

9. THE “CAJÓN FLAMENCO” DRUM

10. It is a percussion instrument that is very
important in “Flamenco” music.
It appeared in Spain around 1977 , with
“ Paco de Lucía”
The “cajón “ drum is still used in Perú ,
Cuba …
But there is a difference between the
peruavian drum and the Spanish drum .
The timbre of the Flamenco drum is
higher .
Camarón is considered an important
Spanish “Flamenco”figure.